[Gandalf Parker]

Good answers. But I cant resist putting my longer versions just in case part of one and part of another are helpful to other people.

1. leaving it up all the time is mostly so that people can transfer files. You can setup another transfer method (ftp, email, web, etc). Or you can say "only up during the day" but keep in mind that internet is international so you need to specify whose "day" you are talking about.

2. the game has hosting options such as every x hours, or certain days and certain hours, or immeadiate. But those are mostly for leaving it running. If you dont leave it running you can manually host whenver you want. Or setup some timing feature on your machine to host-then-quit if you want it to host in the middle of the night but not stay online.

3. Usually yes, do go ahead and login becuase its easier. Bring up two copies of the game. Dont worry about the serial code since Dom3 doesnt compare the host serial to the players for purpose of catching pirates. If you are doing the file-transfer thing (like an email game) then no you dont have to login. You just do your turn, then switch to host.